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What feature will I lose if I install an Action Launcher or Nova Launcher on my Home, instead of the default Huawei Launcher? In that case, how will I access Google Home.
When you also install Fluid N.G. app from Play store together with Nova Lancher for example you can setup your Home Button the way you want. I have it set to swipe up for Google Home .
Nova launcher together with nova companion. Then you do have all google functionalities.
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Weather widget is not available on the Nova Launcher.
sany said:
Hi
What feature will I lose if I install an Action Launcher or Nova Launcher on my Home, instead of the default Huawei Launcher? In that case, how will I access Google Home.
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How about the gesture navigation, knuckle screenshot, split screen etc
They work without any problem on Nova
How do you access Google Assistant with Nova
I have found nova to be the only launcher so far. Pixel launcher, lawn hair and other seem to just crash and smart recovery comes up recommending you uninstall
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How do you access Google Assistant with Nova
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I can just swipe down anywhere on the home screen. It's a setting within Nova
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works
i've tried Evie Launcher that i've a stored backup on my s7 edge, and i've some issue with gesture. when i swipe up it will open task manager and after go home.
i hate stock emui launcher with 5x6 grid.
jeckomp said:
i've tried Evie Launcher that i've a stored backup on my s7 edge, and i've some issue with gesture. when i swipe up it will open task manager and after go home.
i hate stock emui launcher with 5x6 grid.
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Try Fluid N.G from the app store, gestures worked well with Nova when I experienced the same issue so this should help.
skywalker1979 said:
Try Fluid N.G from the app store, gestures worked well with Nova when I experienced the same issue so this should help.
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I use that app too with Launcher 10 and it works just great ?
wawa13 said:
Nova launcher together with nova companion. Then you do have all google functionalities.
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It was helpful, thanks
Split screen gesture
Hmtsjmftsch said:
They work without any problem on Nova
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Split screen gesture does not work in Nova. I just tried it.
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Split screen gesture does not work in Nova. I just tried it.
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It works for me, just knock on screen and make a horizontal line.
Sorry, yes you are right. I did the gesture wrongly. It works!
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I have found nova to be the only launcher so far. Pixel launcher, lawn hair and other seem to just crash and smart recovery comes up recommending you uninstall
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Action Launcher also works very well
Stock widget doesn't work on any 3rd party launchers....
Recent Apps doesn't work right with nova launcher.
If you want to open the last app and just click the last App on the left(don't swipe), you will land on the Homescreen.
Also sometimes there is a light blue Background in the recent apps view, like if you select something.
Ich wish in the near future there will be an option to use navigation like in Stock Android. I've tried it out and it makes Multitasking really comfortable.
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I can't open the flashlight app. It says that i don't have the rights to do. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you in advance.
Hi, I think it only works if you are using the stock launcher... I'm using NOVA launcher and it doesn't work... Using the in-built Huawei widgets doesn't work with Nova either....you've got to use ones from the play store etc.
Solution:- use the torch feature from the notification tray. Hope this helps.
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Hi, I think it only works if you are using the stock launcher... I'm using NOVA launcher and it doesn't work... Using the in-built Huawei widgets doesn't work with Nova either....you've got to use ones from the play store etc.
Solution:- use the torch feature from the notification tray. Hope this helps.
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You are right. I didn't even think about it. I'm using Nova too. Not a big deal but i was curious why i couldn't open it. Thank you.
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Hi, I think it only works if you are using the stock launcher... I'm using NOVA launcher and it doesn't work... Using the in-built Huawei widgets doesn't work with Nova either....you've got to use ones from the play store etc.
Solution:- use the torch feature from the notification tray. Hope this helps.
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From what I've seen, none of the Huawei-supplied widgets work with third-party launchers - I tried putting the Huawei weather widget onto Nova and it crashed it (necessitating an uninstall-reinstall to fix).
There are three ways to get your torch to work;
Access it from the notification pull-down
Draw a letter on the screen with your knuckle (needs to be enabled in "Smart Assistance" - I use "c" for camera, "e" for torch, "m" for PlayerPro and "w" for weather), or
Swipe up from the lock screen.
Of these, I've found the last to be most convenient - the most likely times that you'll want your torch are when your 'phone's locked.
Hi ppl.
It is possible to block/freeze the stock launcher?
without side effects?
i would say yes:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-20-pro/themes/how-to-enable-android-oreo-style-t3864229
I don't think you can disable the stock launcher or most of the Huawei System Apps. Freezing an app makes me think of Titanium Backup but you would need to be rooted to use that.
Unless you have the Chinese hardware model you can change default launcher like on any other phone. There isn't really a need to disable it or likely much benefit from doing that.
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I don't think you can disable the stock launcher or most of the Huawei System Apps. Freezing an app makes me think of Titanium Backup but you would need to be rooted to use that.
Unless you have the Chinese hardware model you can change default launcher like on any other phone. There isn't really a need to disable it or likely much benefit from doing that.
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-10/how-to/guide-list-bloatware-safe-to-remove-how-t3866647
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I think making changes to your phone OS using ADB commands is an increadibly bad idea unless you are a software engineer and actually understand exactly what you are doing. The Mate 20 Pro is increadibly fast as it is so what do you think you will gain by removing system apps?
It's your phone--if you feel like bricking it knock yourself out.
ok guys I have successfully removed emui launcher from my mate 20 Pro and using nova launcher now, but I am back on oreo style recents, any solution to that, cheers.
vtec303 said:
ok guys I have successfully removed emui launcher from my mate 20 Pro and using nova launcher now, but I am back on oreo style recents, any solution to that, cheers.
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Accept it or factory reset to get EMUI launcher back
all set now, nova is the default launcer and my recents are back to pie recents....loving it now, ?
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all set now, nova is the default launcer and my recents are back to pie recents....loving it now, [emoji847]
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Did you factory reset then?
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Zanr Zij said:
Accept it or factory reset to get EMUI launcher back
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You don't need factory reset to bring back the emui launcher if you removed it with adb shell. you can always reinstall it via huawei's app store.
Removing the emui launcher causes gesture navigation to stop working, as well as the ultra power saving mode.
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You don't need factory reset to bring back the emui launcher if you removed it with adb shell. you can always reinstall it via huawei's app store.
Removing the emui launcher causes gesture navigation to stop working, as well as the ultra power saving mode.
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I couldn't find the emui launcher in huawei's app store. Do you mind to tell me the full name of what I suppose to search from Huawei app store?
vtec303 said:
all set now, nova is the default launcer and my recents are back to pie recents....loving it now, ?
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howndid you get the pie recents back?
he installed the huawei launcher again
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he installed the huawei launcher again
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I think the question is how ? Unless he factory reset;
ok guys here what I did, initially I uninstalled huawei launcher (with adb commands) but it messed up a few things like phone went back to oreo style recents and a few more things went missing from the UI, I do not recommend uninstalling huawei launcher, but anyway I resetted the phone to get Huawei launcher back than did the following:
Go to apps find huawei home click and clear defaults,
Installed nova launcher,
give all permissions to nova, it also needs accessibility and admin rights as well as draw over other apps and allow notification,
from apps on your home screen or app drawer click on nova, for a very short time nova will take over,
very quickly go to apps again (this time nova will be your home launcher, for a short time though), long press nova icon a little menu will pop up "set" without wasting any time click set that will take you to a hidden list of default apps, click on huawei home tht will finally take you to set either huawei home or nova as your default launcher, click nova and voila...bye bye to huawei home, enjoy nova.
But please keep in my mind this procedure is for nova launcher I don't know about other launchers but I hope they act similar, cheers.
the problem still is...
when the huawei launcher is installed and you want to use nova AND you want to use gestures, the recents are completely ugly. everytime you swipe to home, you will see for a short moment the recents. that was a nogo for me because it just looked damn ugly.
so i uninstalled the huawei launcher, enabled the Huawei Gestures (which are not working on the bottom, only on the sides, if you uninstall the launcher), installed nova and installed N-Fluid gestures. Now its working like a charm, i dont care if the recents are looking oreo or pie style
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the problem still is...
when the huawei launcher is installed and you want to use nova AND you want to use gestures, the recents are completely ugly. everytime you swipe to home, you will see for a short moment the recents. that was a nogo for me because it just looked damn ugly.
so i uninstalled the huawei launcher, enabled the Huawei Gestures (which are not working on the bottom, only on the sides, if you uninstall the launcher), installed nova and installed N-Fluid gestures. Now its working like a charm, i dont care if the recents are looking oreo or pie style
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I'm not getting that short glance of recents may be cos I have still got huawei launcher in the system and so have the pie style recents, I'm using fluid navigation from day one don't like huawei gestures, but anyway thanks for sharing your set up, cheers.
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I couldn't find the emui launcher in huawei's app store. Do you mind to tell me the full name of what I suppose to search from Huawei app store?
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IIRC it's called "drawer home" in english app store. my huawei ID region is in China so I'm using the chinese app store, and I'm able to find "华为桌面" in it.
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IIRC it's called "drawer home" in english app store. my huawei ID region is in China so I'm using the chinese app store, and I'm able to find "华为桌面" in it.
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谢谢
Thanks, I'm Chinese too.
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IIRC it's called "drawer home" in english app store. my huawei ID region is in China so I'm using the chinese app store, and I'm able to find "华为桌面" in it.
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Hi, its not in my huawei app store here in the UK.
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If I use the stock Huawei home launcher, all my apps will stay open with no issues, but when using nova launcher, my apps constantly restart. Has a fix been discovered yet? I've read on Reddit that it's a common issue but haven't read about a fix.
brian85 said:
If I use the stock Huawei home launcher, all my apps will stay open with no issues, but when using nova launcher, my apps constantly restart. Has a fix been discovered yet? I've read on Reddit that it's a common issue but haven't read about a fix.
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I noticed that too. Much better ram management on stock launcher. Also on 3rd party launchers you can notice a blue tint on the app switcher and you can't tap the apps on the edges,only the middle one.
Huawei wants to stop using custom launchers, maybe it's a trick to get most users back to stock launcher.
other than not being able to expand over 5x5 grid i dont see any reason why anyone would wanna change from stock launcher to something else...specially when you can put material icons on stock launcher .... if you are facing issues with other launchers why go there.
on nova may be pull notification down gesture is good other gestures are helpful as well.....
oh and the battery usage on stock launcher is so minimal.... as compared to every other launcher out there.
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other than not being able to expand over 5x5 grid i dont see any reason why anyone would wanna change from stock launcher to something else...specially when you can put material icons on stock launcher .... if you are facing issues with other launchers why go there.
on nova may be pull notification down gesture is good other gestures are helpful as well.....
oh and the battery usage on stock launcher is so minimal.... as compared to every other launcher out there.
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Don't like the fact that I can't disable HiSearch and doesn't have a swipe down gesture to reveal the notification bar.
greatgrandking said:
other than not being able to expand over 5x5 grid i dont see any reason why anyone would wanna change from stock launcher to something else...specially when you can put material icons on stock launcher .... if you are facing issues with other launchers why go there.
on nova may be pull notification down gesture is good other gestures are helpful as well.....
oh and the battery usage on stock launcher is so minimal.... as compared to every other launcher out there.
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im usin Nova because I can expande launcher grid or layout more then 5x5, can change size of icons and widgets and so on wich I cant do on stock. its more customizable in so many ways.
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im usin Nova because I can expande launcher grid or layout more then 5x5, can change size of icons and widgets and so on wich I cant do on stock. its more customizable in so many ways.
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Yes...huawei's launcher is so outdated.
brian85 said:
If I use the stock Huawei home launcher, all my apps will stay open with no issues, but when using nova launcher, my apps constantly restart. Has a fix been discovered yet? I've read on Reddit that it's a common issue but haven't read about a fix.
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Had the same issue after updating to emui9, and using Nova launcher.
Only fix I've found is disabling Huawei launcher with adb.
My free ram was dropping down to 600mb and apps kept reloading when switching.
You also get back the old vertical scrolling recent apps.
Now ram stays the same as it was on Oreo around 2.5gb free, and apps stay in memory.
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I have the same problem, my temporal solution is going to apps, search for Huawei Home and stop it. After stopping it, it will free a lot of memory, free memory will go up from 600MB to 3.2GB. I am doing it once every 2 days and I am not having any more app closing by themselves.
I should disable the app as it is recommended, but I do not have access to a computer at this moment to run the ADB commands.
kam333 said:
Had the same issue after updating to emui9, and using Nova launcher.
Only fix I've found is disabling Huawei launcher with adb.
My free ram was dropping down to 600mb and apps kept reloading when switching.
You also get back the old vertical scrolling recent apps.
Now ram stays the same as it was on Oreo around 2.5gb free, and apps stay in memory.
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Tell me how you can disable home launcher
CikiPiki said:
Tell me how you can disable home launcher
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The adb command is:
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.huawei.android.launcher
But first read Full details here: https://www.xda-developers.com/uninstall-carrier-oem-bloatware-without-root-access/
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The adb command is:
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.huawei.android.launcher
But first read Full details here: https://www.xda-developers.com/uninstall-carrier-oem-bloatware-without-root-access/
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Would this disable or uninstall Huawei home?
hadi15 said:
Would this disable or uninstall Huawei home?
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If you don't have root, it won't uninstall, but please read the article in the link so you understand the process.
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brian85 said:
If I use the stock Huawei home launcher, all my apps will stay open with no issues, but when using nova launcher, my apps constantly restart. Has a fix been discovered yet? I've read on Reddit that it's a common issue but haven't read about a fix.
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I have same problem but even with stock luncher I open 3 apps then bam one will be reseted(I used to use nova but now im trying to use stock one)
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inthedark22 said:
Huawei wants to stop using custom launchers, maybe it's a trick to get most users back to stock launcher.
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So they should make it better stock just socks and doesn't have any customizations with stupid big ass icons I can see them why this big!!
I have disabled the stock launcher since I installed Nova Launcher for my Huawei Mate 20 Pro. After updating to 9.0.0.183, the animations seem to be working fine already.
Anybody else have the same experience?
dlasis said:
I have disabled the stock launcher since I installed Nova Launcher for my Huawei Mate 20 Pro. After updating to 9.0.0.183, the animations seem to be working fine already.
Anybody else have the same experience?
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have you fisabked the launcher or just deleted it with adb? if you would you please instal the latest pixel modded launcher or lawnchair and see if the amdroid pie navbar and recents kick in
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have you fisabked the launcher or just deleted it with adb? if you would you please instal the latest pixel modded launcher or lawnchair and see if the amdroid pie navbar and recents kick in
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I just disabled the Launcher. It's working fine now after updating to 9.0.0.183
The only thing that's annoying me now is the front facing camera's stubborn beauty mode that cannot be disabled.
I have loaded the update 182 (yes 182 not 183) from funky Huawei about two weeks ago and that has fixed the one minor issue I've had with Nova Launcher.
It has been working perfectly fine since then.
My only issue now is that the Nova Launcher support has sent me an angry reply to my request because I own a Mate 20 Pro.
Those guys are pretty angry because of the accusations of Huawei intentionally sabotaging them.
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I just disabled the Launcher. It's working fine now after updating to 9.0.0.183
The only thing that's annoying me now is the front facing camera's stubborn beauty mode that cannot be disabled.
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xan you instal pixel launcher or lawnchair for me and use the navbar?
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xan you instal pixel launcher or lawnchair for me and use the navbar?
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I use nova launcher.
you dont understand... can you install newest pixel or lawnchair launcher and set it as default, and give all permissions (and since you disabled the launcher you have to use the navkeys right? ) then reboot.... and look if the new pie gesture ui kicks in.... the recent overview and pill navbar.
get the. apk from xda or apk mirror
because the launcher is responsible for the navigation gestures in android P.
realy hate the emui gestures and wish to use stock android P gestures
this will take max 15min. of your time but help me forever.
thanks in advance
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I have loaded the update 182 (yes 182 not 183) from funky Huawei about two weeks ago and that has fixed the one minor issue I've had with Nova Launcher.
It has been working perfectly fine since then.
My only issue now is that the Nova Launcher support has sent me an angry reply to my request because I own a Mate 20 Pro.
Those guys are pretty angry because of the accusations of Huawei intentionally sabotaging them.
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can you alleborate this?
I've noticed that gestures work perfectly now with Nova launcher after updating to 183
darrenk232 said:
I've noticed that gestures work perfectly now with Nova launcher after updating to 183
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But does it work perfectly with youtube?
That's the real problem
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But does it work perfectly with youtube?
That's the real problem
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It works with Vanced now, it'll trigger PIP when swiping up for home
I've had nova launcher freeze on me every so often. Firmware 1.53
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I've noticed that gestures work perfectly now with Nova launcher after updating to 183
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I hope this is the case for me. I stopped using Nova because the gesture is just so stuttery and buggy when using it.
You have an unread badge count for email, whatsapp etc using nova and tesla? Mine doesn't tho I have enabled all in the settings
With 187 nova works flawless without bug with stock gesture
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With 187 nova works flawless without bug with stock gesture
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Really? So when swiping up to go to home screen it doesn't show the recent apps for a split second and then go home? It's definitely a bug others have experienced when using gesture nav on emui.
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It works with Vanced now, it'll trigger PIP when swiping up for home
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Still does not for me on 187. I have youtube red though not vanced
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Really? So when swiping up to go to home screen it doesn't show the recent apps for a split second and then go home? It's definitely a bug others have experienced when using gesture nav on emui.
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No it works like stock launcher
The gesture navigation works ALMOST perfectly with nova launcher. This is the best I could ask for. But just let me point out some scenarios that it stutters a little bit.
1. The animation when close an app is gone. You can't see the app fading into its position on the home page.
2. The gestures are a bit more sensitive on nova than stock EMUI. For example, swipe up and hold for recent apps. On EMUI launcher, it is about 0.5 seconds. However on nova, it is more like 0.3. Thus I often hold for too long and end up on recent apps instead of home page.
3. Under some special circumstances, the background picture for recent apps screen is the previous app you used. It looks extremely weird. I didn't manage to get a SS of it. Will upload once it happens again.
Having said all of that. I feel this 183 update improved the gestures navigation by a huge leap! Just need time to get use to it.
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The gesture navigation works ALMOST perfectly with nova launcher. This is the best I could ask for. But just let me point out some scenarios that it stutters a little bit.
1. The animation when close an app is gone. You can't see the app fading into its position on the home page.
2. The gestures are a bit more sensitive on nova than stock EMUI. For example, swipe up and hold for recent apps. On EMUI launcher, it is about 0.5 seconds. However on nova, it is more like 0.3. Thus I often hold for too long and end up on recent apps instead of home page.
3. Under some special circumstances, the background picture for recent apps screen is the previous app you used. It looks extremely weird. I didn't manage to get a SS of it. Will upload once it happens again.
Having said all of that. I feel this 183 update improved the gestures navigation by a huge leap! Just need time to get use to it.
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This was what I was talking about. The recent apps screen bug. But it is not a deal breaker to stop using nova.
Frontfiringspeakers said:
I've had nova launcher freeze on me every so often. Firmware 1.53
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I had to go home again to get it to start working. I had to manually perform the gesture to go to home (I have gesture UI rather than the traditional 3 button interface).
I guess not? Pretty annoying as I never use it.
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I guess not? Pretty annoying as I never use it.
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Get/use a custom launcher like Nova launcher -So much easier to customize and so many more features.
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This is really bothering me. I dont want a 3rd party launcher, the launcher is fine except for that stupid search bar. Also I had many problems with 3rd party launchers in the past, and I'd rather keep the stock one which is tailored to the Pixel 6 series.
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Get/use a custom launcher like Nova launcher -So much easier to customize and so many more features.
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I thought perhaps Nova would take care of it. Thanks.
surprised someone finds 3rd party launchers like nova buggy
nova hits 10years old in december and its been pretty solid since forever
Likewise, I want to get rid of that screen wasting 'At a Glance' widget at the top of the screen!!
Don't fancy an alternative launcher - but may have to bite the bullet...
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surprised someone finds 3rd party launchers like nova buggy
nova hits 10years old in december and its been pretty solid since forever
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I've been using it for the last 6 years. It is feature-rich and less buggy and annoying than the four previous pixel launchers.
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Likewise, I want to get rid of that screen wasting 'At a Glance' widget at the top of the screen!!
Don't fancy an alternative launcher - but may have to bite the bullet...
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The beauty of Nova is, you can run both launchers, customize each as you like and switch between the two on-the-fly.
Infinite scrolling, custom bottom bar, multiple grid layouts...
When I get my P6P (today in theory) I will load all my apps from the Play store and restore my Nova backup. BOOM! my new phone will look and function exactly like my old phone... only bigger and cooler.
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I've been using it for the last 6 years. It is feature-rich and less buggy and annoying than the four previous pixel launchers.
The beauty of Nova is, you can run both launchers, customize each as you like and switch between the two on-the-fly.
Infinite scrolling, custom bottom bar, multiple grid layouts...
When I get my P6P (today in theory) I will load all my apps from the Play store and restore my Nova backup. BOOM! my new phone will look and function exactly like my old phone... only bigger and cooler.
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Thanks - I went with the Microsoft one - as it was the last one I had tried on my OnePlus over a year ago.
I will see how it goes - if not I will try Nova - I have the paid version also from 1-2 years ago.
Cheers
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Thanks - I went with the Microsoft one - as it was the last one I had tried on my OnePlus over a year ago.
I will see how it goes - if not I will try Nova - I have the paid version also from 1-2 years ago.
Cheers
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Switched to Nova overnight (insomnia!) - did not like the news choices of the Microsoft Launcher left swipe page - stuff from Hello Magazine, Daily Express and Daily Mail -???
Added the Nova Companion and now got the Google Left swipe and no wasted screen space on the main page.
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This is really bothering me. I dont want a 3rd party launcher, the launcher is fine except for that stupid search bar. Also I had many problems with 3rd party launchers in the past, and I'd rather keep the stock one which is tailored to the Pixel 6 s
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paysen said:
This is really bothering me. I dont want a 3rd party launcher, the launcher is fine except for that stupid search bar. Also I had many problems with 3rd party launchers in the past, and I'd rather keep the stock one which is tailored to the Pixel 6 series.
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Plenty of good third party launchers.
harryw66 said:
Switched to Nova overnight (insomnia!) - did not like the news choices of the Microsoft Launcher left swipe page - stuff from Hello Magazine, Daily Express and Daily Mail -???
Added the Nova Companion and now got the Google Left swipe and no wasted screen space on the main page.
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I had never heard of the MS launcher, or maybe never really given it any mind. I looked at it yesterday after you mentioned it and it looked awful. I really hate the tiles and the forced news that I could care less about... too much work to make it what I wanted.
paysen said:
This is really bothering me. I dont want a 3rd party launcher, the launcher is fine except for that stupid search bar. Also I had many problems with 3rd party launchers in the past, and I'd rather keep the stock one which is tailored to the Pixel 6 series.
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Then you're missing out IMHO.
There is nothing "wrong" with the Pixel launcher per se, as long as you don't care that Google, like Apple, dictates how you interact with your phone; but, if you want to customize your phone to your liking, a custom launcher is the only way to go.
Nova has been rock-stable for a long time and has a myriad of great features, most of which are free.
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+1 for Nova.
Nova is my launcher of choice.
It has been for a decade or so now.
I've tried many others but always come back to it.
Sometimes I use Action Launcher or will try something new but again always come back to Nova, which I am actively using on my new Pixel 6 (received it yesterday) as I find the stock launcher extremely lacking in features - haven't suffered a single launcher related performance or stability issue for a very long time, including on my P6.
I don't like having an app drawer or icons / widgets cluttering up my home screen so I assign gestures to launch specific frequently used apps such as Chrome and YouTube and for Nova's integrated "app search", which also displays other recently used, newly installed or frequent apps in tabs separate from the search bar.
I have a single Google "At A Glance" widget
and use the Maxelus Galaxy Pack Live Wallpaper app for additional personalisation and because I'm a nerdy space cadet.
+2 Nova. Double tap to lock gesture is something I have implemented for years and the customization is endless.
harryw66 said:
Added the Nova Companion and now got the Google Left swipe and no wasted screen space on the main page.
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Wait, what's Nova Companion? I just put the Google icon on my home screen so I could tap it to get to the Google interface, but a left-swipe would be way cleaner...
If you root your phone, you can get rid of the search bar in the Pixel Launcher, add rows/columns, and more.
Biggenz said:
I guess not? Pretty annoying as I never use it.
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Use adb to disable it.
I use a package disabler to do that.
For me it's called "com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox"
I'm not missing it...
rwald said:
Wait, what's Nova Companion? I just put the Google icon on my home screen so I could tap it to get to the Google interface, but a left-swipe would be way cleaner...
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Nova Launcher
The premier custom launcher for Android, loved by over 50 million.
novalauncher.com
Allows you to access Google now by left swiping
blackhawk said:
Use adb to disable it.
I use a package disabler to do that.
For me it's called "com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox"
I'm not missing it...
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Which package disabler are you using if you don't mind?
A little late to the party. Always used Lawnchair launcher on my Pixel3. Just got my P6 a few days ago and upgraded to Lawnchair again. Seems pretty stable on Android 12. I add Lawnfeed to enable Google feed left-swipe. Lawnchair is pretty similar to Pixel launcher except you can customize much more than stock (ie, disabling the bottom search bar).